The Backstory: After my flight was cancelled on Friday, and I spent Friday night at the Canopy by Hilton Reykjavík City Centre, I had to find another hotel for Saturday night when my flight got pushed an extra day and the Canopy was full. Since I was going to have to pay for the hotel […]
After spending 5 nights in London, I flew into Keflavik Airport on Icelandair, then took Flybus to the BSI Bus Terminal in Reykjavík. The cost for the transfer was $23.63 one way, and the ride took about 50 minutes. From the bus terminal I had about a 15 minute walk to the hotel. If you […]
If we lived in a perfect world, when we make travel plans, they would always go off without a hitch, but unfortunately we don’t, so it’s always best to be prepared for something to happen. We spend a lot of time and money trying to perfect our travel plans, so it’s especially important to know […]
If you haven’t installed the Google Chrome extension for the Alaska Shopping portal yet, for the next week you can get a 250 mile bonus when you spend $50 in the portal. 250 miles won’t get you very far, but deals like this are useful to extend the expiration date of your miles. Alaska Mileage […]
That was the announcement I heard on Friday about an hour before my flight was to board back to Orlando. I was doing some work in Icelandair’s Saga Lounge, and I knew there was an issue with high winds, but I didn’t even consider that it was bad enough to cancel all flights in and […]
Cashback portal Rakuten (better known as ebates) is offering 10% cashback, or 10x Membership Rewards today only (9/23) at 250 stores. This deal ends at 12 midnight Pacific time, so take a look to see if there are any deals that interest you. Most of the usual stores are included here, and can possibly represent […]
Date: 6/30/19 Airline: British Airways Aircraft: Airbus A320 Flight Number: 948 Origin: London, England (LHR) Destination: Munich, Germany (MUC) Flight Time: 1 hour, 46 minutes Cabin: Business Class Seat: 6F Introduction: After spending a great week in London, I was off to meet my sister and nephews in Germany. I had used Alaska Mileage Plan […]
In a few weeks I’ll be taking my second trip in Premium Economy on the current longest flight in the world, from Newark, N.J. to Singapore and back on Singapore Airlines (SQ21/22). You can read my review of that first flight here. Luckily the Airbus A350-900ULR used by Singapore Airlines on this route is configured […]
I wrote earlier about an awesome trip I had with an Uber driver in Tampa, but they can’t all be great, and here is an example of a not so great experience. After having spent the last few days with my sister and nephews in Salzburg, I had to get over to Brussels for my […]
Back at the end of June I started my trip around the world by hopping in an Uber in front of my house en route to Tampa International Airport. I was actually going to drive over and park in the Economy Lot, but 19 days x $10 per day…(you get the idea), so on a […]